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Boston Globe - Entertainment

Who said Boston's nightlife isn't exciting? Rihanna, A$AP Rocky party with Jaylen Brown in Back Bay.

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BOOKS - If this cross-country car race had ended differently, would we all be driving Shawmuts now? In his new book, former Boston Globe reporter Eric Moskowitz depicts a wild 1909 road trip.

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BOOKS - Local bestsellers for the week ended May 31 - Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the New England Independent Booksellers Association and IndieBound.

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Summer Arts Guide - 80 fun concerts, festivals, shows, and more to check out around Boston this summer - From outdoor music festivals to comedy shows, here are the top events to check out in Boston and beyond this summer.

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All the movies you'll watch this summer

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10 NEW SHOWS TO WATCH THIS SUMMER

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Read more from our Summer Arts Guide

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Ken Mahan -- Inside the real-life weather forecast depicted in the movie 'Pressure' -- The work of meteorologist James Stagg, who's played by Andrew Scott in the film, changed the course of World War II.

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BOOK REVIEW -- Irish writer Maggie O'Farrell writes a love letter to her home and its language -- It is not surprising that hunger would be a theme of Maggie O'Farrell's gorgeous and sweeping tenth novel, taking place, as it does, in the decade after the Great Famine. Hunger, colonialism, displacement and, above all, the land itself pulse through this stunning work.

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Fighting words — the Revolutionary kind - 5 shows look at American independence from a mostly verbal perspective

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STAGE REVIEW | BOB ABELMAN - Wilbury's 'Girl From the North Country' is achingly beautiful but ultimately disappointing - This beguiling collection of sad stories, grounded in Bob Dylan's music and lyrics, lacks the onstage talent to tell them.

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Asian American Ballet Project brings Filipino folklore to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum -- Set in a forest filled with mythical creatures, "Gabi sa Gubat," also known as "Night Jungle," features traditional Filipino folk music and depicts dancers as characters in Filipino folklore.

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Only two songs with 'Boston' in the title have charted on the Hot 100. Stella Lefty just added a third. -- Of the 32,000-plus songs that have appeared on the chart since its debut in 1958, only a handful explicitly name check Boston.

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Embrace Boston acquires buildings for a 'vibrant social and cultural hub' in Downtown Crossing

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'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood' will soon have a dedicated YouTube channel

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Performances and shoutouts to the importance of theater abound at Norton Awards

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Cruel summer indeed: Taylor Swift may have 'passed' on R.I. wedding, Senator Whitehouse tells TMZ

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Feeling a little bleak about the world? There's a film festival for that.

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Dua Lipa and Callum Turner got married in a London municipal building

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'Masters of the Universe' is a different kind of toy story

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Who gets to decide what kids read? Gloucester Stage's 'Bad Books' delves into the discourse.

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At the Coolidge Corner Theatre's Bleak Week, fans are watching cinema's most devastating works

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All of Steven Spielberg's movies, ranked

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'Whistler' may be Ann Patchett's best novel yet, and that's saying something

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Theatre By The Sea boldly embraces the quirky in 'Little Shop of Horrors'

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Elliot Norton Award winners announced, with honors to Gloucester Stage, Front Porch Arts Collective, others

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Ming Min Hui steps down as Boston Ballet's executive director

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'The Simpsons' to debut three new episodes direct to Disney+ this summer

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Central Square Theater's campy 'The Mystery of Irma Vep' slays (vampires and werewolves)

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A podcast about Dorchester priests and nuns fiercely resisting the Vietnam War just won a Peabody Award. Meet the author.

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